Search Details

Word: bidding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...murder-suicide, was nominated as best supporting actor for his work in "NewsRadio." Jerry Seinfeld, however was snubbed (though his show wasn't; it's in the running for best comedy series). Emmy also turned her back on "Friends," though Lisa Kudrow received a supporting actress bid. "Homicide: Life on the Street" again was bypassed for a drama nomination. As for "Ellen," the show may have been canceled, but its star Ellen DeGeneres was nominated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Emmys Love 'Ally' | 7/23/1998 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: Newt Gingrich is at the mound, and whipping curveballs at President Clinton. On Tuesday House Republicans suddenly revived Clinton's bid for fast-track powers to negotiate trade agreements; Wednesday saw them defer a vote on IMF funding until September. "Republicans are delaying the IMF vote to build up their leverage in September's budget fight," says TIME correspondent Jay Carney. "By introducing fast-track at the same time, they're trying to soften corporate criticism of their IMF stand by supporting pro-business legislation -- and making the Democrats squirm by reviving their most divisive issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOP Feints on IMF | 7/22/1998 | See Source »

...World Wide Web. Netscape stock jumped from $28 a share to $87 when the company went public in 1995, but it sank to just $15 earlier this year. (Netscape closed at $36 last Friday in the wake of rumors that a behemoth like Time Warner might make a bid for the company. Time Warner denied that it planned to do so.) "There's a lot of momentum buying right now," says Alan Braverman, an Internet analyst for Credit Suisse First Boston. "People go to [Internet] chat rooms" to talk about stocks. "The stock goes up, and they buy more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heroes Of A Wild And Crazy Stock Ride | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

...recent flood of video e-mail products is partly due to the proliferation of faster PCs and modems. Mostly, though, it's a bid to find the successor to plain old e-mail, which remains the Net's most popular activity. Among online users surveyed by Forrester Research, 83% said they typically use e-mail; only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You've Got V-Mail! | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

Wrinn defended the University's contractingrecord: "Over 90 percent of the jobs that arecompetitively bid at Harvard have gone to unioncontractors in the past," he said. "I think wehave a very good record and relationship withunions here...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Workers Protest Harvard Contractor | 7/17/1998 | See Source »

Previous | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | Next